Kluckee: The Plant Based Chicken (Signed Copy)

Kluckee The Plant Based Chicken... Making Ethical Choices On A Farm That Has Not Been Informed Of The Ethics

Welcome to the farm. This is where your food comes from. There are pigs and cows and chickens, and one of the chickens has developed dietary convictions that the other farm animals find challenging to respect without laughing. Kluckee is the plant-based chicken. Kluckee has principles. Kluckee has decided, on a farm, surrounded by feed, to pursue an ethically sourced dietary approach that is creating significant social friction with every other animal present, none of whom have the bandwidth for this right now. The farm has opinions. Kluckee remains committed. This book documents the tension.

This adult parody book takes the plant-based movement... earnest, well-intentioned, and occasionally producing the specific energy that this book is satirizing... and places it inside a chicken on a farm, which is either the perfect environment for these convictions or the worst possible one depending on how you look at it. Kluckee looks at it as an opportunity. The other chickens look at it as a personality trait they have to live with. The farmer looks at it as a Kluckee-specific problem. The book looks at it as very funny.

This Book IS For:

• Anyone who has had a meal with someone whose dietary philosophy was the most present personality at the table
• Omnivores who find the plant-based movement interesting to watch from a comfortable distance
• Plant-based eaters who have enough self-awareness to recognize the specific energy being satirized and laugh at it
• Gift-givers who want to hand a book to someone and watch them work out which category they're being placed in

This Book Is NOT For:

• People for whom plant-based dietary choices are a deeply held moral position and not a venue for any kind of humor
• Anyone who has walked away from a dinner party because the host "didn't understand their needs" and still feels justified
• Readers who find satire of ethical consumption positions personally targeting regardless of how specific the chicken is
• Farmers who are currently dealing with their own Kluckee-equivalent and do not find the situation charming yet

Appropriate For:

• Dinner parties where the dietary requirements form has been longer than the guest list for three consecutive events
• White elephant exchanges among groups that contain at least one Kluckee and at least one person amused by Kluckee
• Gag gifts for the vegan friend who is secure enough in their choices to find this funny
• Anyone who works in food service and has met Kluckee in human form and needs something to process the experience

Why Buy This

The plant-based food industry is worth billions of dollars and generates a specific type of personality at dinner parties that has gone largely undocumented in illustrated cartoon form until now. This book fills that gap. Kluckee is on the farm. Kluckee has convictions. Kluckee's convictions are the most interesting thing about Kluckee to Kluckee, and the second most interesting thing about Kluckee to everyone who has to hear about them at meals.

It costs roughly what a plant-based burger costs and produces significantly more conversation. Whether you buy it for yourself, for someone who needs to see themselves clearly, or for someone who needs to feel seen in their frustration with someone who needs to see themselves clearly, the book works. Kluckee has choices. Kluckee is making them. The farm continues regardless. That is the whole joke and it is enough.